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Note We recommend that you must use BMC License Collection Utility to generate active user license reports for all the versions of BMC Digital Workplace (MyIT). Future License Usage Collection Utility will include DWP named user report. For information on manually pulling MyIT/DWP named user report, see Measure BMC Helix Digital Workplace Usage. BMC License Usage Collection Utility 4.9 provides the following new features: BMC License Usage Collection Utility now provides enhancements in the TrueSight Operations Management (TSOM) reports. The TSOM reports now consists of detailed reports for each TSIM component. In addition to the summarized report, each TSIM report consists of current account and high count details in separate files. BMC License Usage Collection Utility scheduler enhancements The deployment status notification emails now contain the deployment ID, product name, and deployment status in the email subject. You do not need view the report ZIP files or logs to know the deployment status of a product. - BMC License Usage Collection Utility now provides a UI tip for just in time product support. You can click this tip and navigate to the documentation that provides information about the latest additions to supported versions.
- The Windows batch file for BMC Server Automation (BSA) 8.7 and later versions is now updated to work with the blcred utility.
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BMC Client Management (BCM) | | BMC Truesight Server Automation (BNA) | | BMC Truesight Capacity Optimzation (TSCO) | | BMC TrueSight Server Automation (BSA) | | BMC Digital Workplace (MyIT) | | BMC Truesight Operations Management | |
BMC License Usage Collection Utility 4.8 provides the following new features: - BMC License Usage Collection Utility now generates the anonymized reports for Discovery versions prior to 11.2. The Server name and Discovered OS columns in the reports now contain anonymized data.
- Product Usage Charts are now available via manual execution and automated execution. You can now view Product Usage Charts in JPEG format for the following products:
- BMC Client Management(BCM)
- BMC Database Automation (BDA)
- BMC Digital Workplace (MyIT)
- BMC Discovery (Discovery) up to 11.1
- BMC Network Automation (BNA) / TrueSight Network Automation
- BMC Release Package and Deployment (RPD)
- BMC Release Process Management (RPM)
- BMC Server Automation (BSA) / TrueSight Server Automation
- Remedy AR System Server (ARS)
- TrueSight Capacity Optimization (TSCO)
- TrueSight Operations Management (TSOM)
The link to the YouTube video playlist on the Help tab is updated, where you can view the latest videos for the license utility. |
| | - BMC License Usage Collection Utility version 4.7.01: Change in BNA license report generation mechanism
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| | Support has been added for the following products/versions: - BMC Database Automation (BDA) 8.9.03
- BMC Digital Workplace (Digital Workplace) 18.08
- Remedy AR System Server (ARS) 18.05 and 18.08
- TrueSight Capacity Optimization (TSCO) 11.3.01
- TrueSight Operations Management (TSOM) 11.3.01
BMC License Usage Collection Utility 4.7 provides the following new feature: The dashboard feature has been added to provide a quick view of BMC product license usage per product deployment in the form of bar charts. |
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- Added support for version 12.7
- BMC Digital Workplace (formerly MyIT)
- Added support for versions 18.02 and 18.05
- REST API support has been added for versions 3.4 to 18.05
- BMC Discovery
- Added support for version 11.3
- TrueSight Network Automation (formerly BMC Network Automation)
- Added support for version 8.9.03
- TrueSight Server Automation (formerly BMC Server Automation)
- Added support for version 8.9.03
- The BMC License Usage Collection Utility is now a single (Java) platform product. The Perl platform has been removed, closing security bridges.
- The product has been enriched with higher security
- For an enhanced user experience, the position of the "License Utility" stamp has been changed to the header of each report.
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| | - BMC Database Automation (BDA)
- BMC Network Automation (BNA)
- BMC Server Automation (BSA)
- Added support for 8.9.01 and 8.9.02
- BMC Digital Workplace (MyIT)
- Added support for 3.4 and 3.5
- BMC Discovery (Discovery)
- BMC Release Package and Deployment (RPD)
- BMC Release Process Management (RPM)
- Remedy AR System Server (ARS)
- Added support for 9.1.03 and 9.1.04
- TrueSight Capacity Optimization (TSCO)
- TrueSight Operations Management (TSOM)
- The German language and locale are now supported (de_DE, de). See Supported-languages-and-locales.
- The following text appears on all reports generated from the license utility: "Report Generated Using BMC License Utility". See Introduction.
- You can now view a license report in PDF for the following products:
- BMC Client Management (BCM)
- BMC Database Automation (BDA)
- BMC Digital Workplace (MyIT)
- BMC Network Automation (BNA)
- BMC Release Package and Deployment (RPD)
- BMC Discovery (Discovery) version 11.1 or earlier
- Remedy AR System Server (ARS)
- TrueSight Operations Management (TSOM)
The PDF version of the product documentation has been removed from the Help tab. You can access the up-to-date PDF from the Online Documentation link on the Help tab.
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- The product has been upgraded to the Java 1.8 platform enabling usage of JavaKeyStore for securing deployment details.
- It has enhanced encryption algorithm and communication between Java and Perl platforms.
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| | - Truesight Operations Management (TSOM): LUCU now supports the TSOM product starting with version 10.7
- BCM Client Management (BCM) 12.5 and 12.6
- BMC Database Automation (BDA) 8.8, 8.9 and 8.9.01
- BMC Network Automation (BNA) 8.8 and 8.9
- BMC Network Automation (BNA) 8.9.01
- Changed with Rest API mechanism for efficient and faster execution
- BMC Release Package and Deployment (RPD) 5.0.01 and 5.0.02
- BMC Server Automation (BSA) 8.2 to 8.6
- Redeveloped to use the JDBC approach for improved customer experience
- BMC Release Process Management (RPM) 5.0.01 and 5.0.02
- BMC Discovery (Discovery) 11.0 and 11.1
- Changed with licensing count calculation to exclude client and desktop devices
- The Help tab now provides the following information:
- Links to documentation (online and PDF)
- Email addresses in order to contact Support and the License Compliance team
- The Manage Deployment tab now provides the supported version numbers for each product in the "Select Product" list.
- For example: Remedy AR System Server v7.6.04 to v9.1.02 (ARS).
- The Reports folder name has been changed to remove the weekday
- Support for a non-default port for Unix based product configuration has been added
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Support has been added for: Current product upgrade support has been added for: - German input characters and numerals are allowed in server username and password fields for:
- Remedy AR System Server (ARS)
- BMC Client Management (BCM)
- BMC BladeLogic Network Automation (BNA) report enhancement to show "Total Device Count" in order to provide clarity on license usage
- For BSA 8.2 to 8.6 and Remedy AR System Server (ARS):
- The license utility is shipped with two additional shell scripts in order to set the home variable, located in the following directory:
- \Program Files (x86)\BMC Software\LicenseUsageCollector\licenseusagecollector\ENvVariableScripts
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| | - Support is now available for:
- Two new products have been added:
- Release Process Management (RPM) – 4.6.00 to 5.0.00
- BMC Release Package and Deployment (RPD) – 4.8.00 to 5.0.00
- Current product upgrade support has been added for:
- BladeLogic Server Automation - BSA 8.8 and 8.9
- TrueSight Capacity Optimization – TSCO 10.7
- User Interface (UI) changes for improved customer experience
- A tooltip has been added to the Email Reports button (License Report tab) to notify users to select the record(s) from the Select All column
- The “Current License Report Run” label (License Report tab) has been changed to "License Report Run Notes"
- The following note has been added to the Manage Deployment tab: “LU supports: English input language characters, numerals and special characters”
- BSA 8.7 has been changed to 8.7 to 8.9
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| | - The UI has been updated to enhance usability, including button and drop-down colors. See the Getting started topic.
- The BNA report has been updated to correspond to the report in the BNA product.
Documentation enhancements and changes- Version 3.0.00 wiki docs and PDF have been added
- The following topics have been added:
- The screenshots in the Getting started topic have been updated.
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| | - Support has been added for BMC TrueSight Capacity Optimization 10.5 (TSCO)
- Corrections for BSA 8.2 to 8.6 reporting has been added. See the following topics:
- You can now schedule license reports. See Scheduling reports
- Documentation enhancements and changes
- Version 2.0.00 wiki docs and PDF has been added
(Version 1.6.00 wiki docs have been maintained as a separate space.) - The following topics have been added:
- The screenshots in the Getting started topic have been updated with the following:
- The License Report tab has been updated to show the Execution Method column (Manual or Auto)
- The Schedule reports tab has been added
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| | - The Report File Prefix field has been added to the Manage Deployments form where you can enter the server name. This will be automatically appended to the report file name. See Adding deployments.
- The Email Attachment File Prefix text box has been added to the License Report tab. This enables you to append a prefix to the file name, such as your organization's name, so that you can easily find the file in your default email client mailbox. See Emailing reports.
- When reports are generated by the License Utility, a CSV file is created from the BMC product's native file. The License Utility internally converts the native file format (for example, XML or HTML) to the CSV format. See Running reports.
- Documentation enhancements and changes
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| | - Installation
- The installer includes a license for easier installation
- The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) is included with the utility, eliminating the need to install/upgrade the existing JRE installed on user computers
- As part of the initial setup and prerequisites, an automated copy process was added for BMC product-specific script files
- A new feature was added to encrypt/decrypt credentials
- New user interface
- See the Quick tour of the new UI with screenshots in the Getting started topic.
- New robust and feature-rich user interface
- License Report and Management Deployment tabs
- New Help tab to provide user documentation
- Deployments
- Add, edit and delete deployments with real-time connectivity test and validation for a given user session
- Test existing deployments to ensure data validity at any point of time
- Reports
- You can run license usage reports on: ADDM, ARS, BDA, BNA, and BSA
- You can run reports for deployments hosted on both Unix/Linux and Windows platforms
- When running license usage reports, you can:
- Select single, multiple, or all deployments
- Select various duration times (start and end dates for the report time frame)
- View real-time status messages while the report is running
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